The lake level from the published gauge or the dam operator is in the readings below, with its time and datum.
Crowley Lake is a lake or reservoir in California.
5 guides and 2 shops nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Bishop & the Eastern Sierra.
Crowley Lake and the Long Valley Caldera from US 395. Photo: Clinton Steeds, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Crowley Lake is a lake or reservoir in California. Our destination hub Bishop & the Eastern Sierra is 26 mi away in a straight line and lists it among its waters.
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Crowley Lake: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Crowley Lake, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Crowley Lake in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.
Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Wild Trout WaterHot Creek near Mammoth Lakes, with steam from geothermal springs. Photo: TheDailyNathan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
California · about 6 mi
Freestone riverThe Middle Fork of Bishop Creek, eastern Sierra. Photo: Scrubhiker (USCdyer), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
California · about 24 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Piute CreekThe upper Owens River in Mono County, California. Photo: Robson Hatsukami Morgan (via Unsplash), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Piute Creek.
California · about 24 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Lower Honeymoon LakeEagle Lake, Lassen County, California, with dry Horse Lake in the foreground (aerial). Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lower Honeymoon Lake.
California · about 25 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Sallie Keyes LakesLake Billy Chinook, Oregon. Photo: icetsarina, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Sallie Keyes Lakes.
California · about 25 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not South Fork San Joaquin RiverRush Creek, Mono County, California. Photo: Greg Reis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not South Fork San Joaquin River.
California · about 25 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
USGS name: Lake Crowley
Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-04) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped shoreline. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
23.4 of 23.4 mi of shoreline on public land
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
From the agency’s own records (Fish Planting Schedule, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), read 2026-11-04), listed as Crowley Lake (Mono County). Check the agency for this season.
Past stockings, not a schedule
2026: Trout in Aug (1 stocking).
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
3 guides name it on their website
Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2 mi
Lake & stillwater · Beginners & lessons · Crowley Lake
Names this water
Mammoth Lakes, CA · 13 mi
Lake & stillwater · Multi-day trips · Pyramid Lake & Eagle Lake
Names this water
Mammoth Lakes, CA · 14 mi
Float trips · Walk-and-wade · East Walker & Owens
Names this water
Bishop, CA · 12 mi
Wade trips · Euro nymphing · Owens & Hot
Nearby
What 4 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 4 nearby guide websites
12 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From California Fly Fisher (secondary sources: an angling organisation or magazine, not an agency).
American grannom (April to September) · Golden stonefly (May to July) · Green drake (May to July) · Pale morning dun (May to August) · Saddle-case caddis (May to September) · Salmonfly (May to June) · and 6 more on the chart
Bishop lies in the Owens Valley on US 395 between Mammoth Lakes and Lone Pine, with the Owens River, Hot Creek, Crowley Lake and the East Walker River along the same highway.
Destination hub · 26 mi away in a straight line
A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.
9′–10′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating + intermediate lines · Rainbow, brook and brown trout in lakes
Open the checklistChironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.
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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Crowley Lake.
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Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Lake Crowley” (reservoir) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (reported to CDEC)
Daily value for Wed, Nov 4
The source publishes storage for this lake but no current elevation, so none is shown.
CDEC station CRW: Lake Crowley Data source (California Department of Water Resources (CDEC))
Dam releases and lake levels are the operators' own provisional numbers, shown as published; observations refresh at most every 15 minutes and schedules hourly. Schedules can change without notice.
Checked Nov 5, 2:07 PM PST; readings refresh at most every 15 minutes and statistics daily. Provisional USGS data can be revised. Conditions change: re-check before you go. This is general guidance, not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access.
Wild Trout WaterHot Creek near Mammoth Lakes, with steam from geothermal springs. Photo: TheDailyNathan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Freestone riverThe Middle Fork of Bishop Creek, eastern Sierra. Photo: Scrubhiker (USCdyer), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
California · about 24 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Piute CreekThe upper Owens River in Mono County, California. Photo: Robson Hatsukami Morgan (via Unsplash), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Piute Creek.
California · about 24 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Lower Honeymoon LakeEagle Lake, Lassen County, California, with dry Horse Lake in the foreground (aerial). Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lower Honeymoon Lake.
California · about 25 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Sallie Keyes LakesLake Billy Chinook, Oregon. Photo: icetsarina, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Sallie Keyes Lakes.
California · about 25 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not South Fork San Joaquin RiverRush Creek, Mono County, California. Photo: Greg Reis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not South Fork San Joaquin River.
California · about 25 mi
Crowley Lake, California
Fish camp · 2.1 mi
Mammoth Lakes, California
RV park · 3.0 mi
Mammoth Lakes, California
Fishing lodge · 9.8 mi
